Old Tjikko sways and icy blasts may bend him low, tenaciously he fights those harsh breezes that blow.His jagged silhouette too ragged and untame to merit him answering to spruce, though that's his name.In Sweden he took root beneath the ice and snow, the world, much younger then, has watched old Tjikko grow. Facing the sun he still basks in the low heat felt,trying to warm his bones, great age beneath his belt.He looks into the sun, bathes in its gentle glow and standing firm he still retains the will to grow, pushing out new underground trunks when old ones fade.For Tjikko, from a sea of ice, his home has made.

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Author's Comments: Old Tjikko is estimated to be at least 9,550 years old??making it the world's oldest known??Norway spruce and is, according to scientists, the planet's most ancient known living plant. Due to recent global warming Tjikko has sprouted from a shrub formation into a normal tree standing 5 metres tall and, located in??Sweden, continues to live through harsh extremes of the environment.

After struggling to survive under dreadful climatic conditions for more than 9500 years, I felt old Tjikko might need a little TLC and attention, John! Not a magnificent, handsome Sequoia which get so much attention, Old Tjikko deserve a pat on the back at least. gg